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He Tells Me About the Tar Monster
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Our bipolar, Autistic child has a reality all his own.
He tells me about the Tar Monster who eats kids whole. One was seventeen. It ate an entire village. I question and he tells me he Googled it but it’s no longer there. It scared people so they took it away. Columbus and Presidents people his family tree so a teacher informs us. There are details only he knows. Nessie is real; it’s a fact. I learned of a bird at our feeder that is not found in Texas. It’s an Oklahoma bird that must be lost. He says he sees people we can’t see, and we nod knowing this is not part of his disorder. When a therapist questions the details spin then melt back into the nebulous web of his psyche. This child of my heart spins his reality like cotton candy on a warm day, sticky details that melt with the telling, yet, he keeps spinning, adamant in the tale, his mind a web of whirling fancy. I can see him building thread upon thread and I am mystified. 8/16/10

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